Fort Lonesome is a unincorporated, rural ghost town located in Southeastern Hillsborough County, Florida 36 miles southeast of Tampa. It's location is also west of the Little Manatee River State Park. A saw mill plant briefly revived the area with a few houses and three stores in the early 1930's. It was short lived. A fire destroyed the mill and eventually the "town" deceased. Today, it's mainly a farming region. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated community. ... A street corner in the ghost town of Bodie, California. ... Hillsborough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ... Downtown Tampa from the southwest. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to...